Scenes from St. Paul RNC Protest March 9/1

From the lawn of the state capitol on the first day of the Republican National Convention, I and around 40,000 or so other patriotic Americans marched the streets demanding an end to the war and voicing our dissent from the Republican Party. Riot police made sure the march followed the designated route, holding batons and tear gas launchers and dozens of zip ties to quickly detain people, if necessary. Snipers could be seen on the tops of several buildings along the route. Tens of thousands of Americans marching in the streets, what do we want? Peace. When do we want it? Now.

"Tell me what Democracy looks like?!"

This is what Democracy looks like: